Posts by Lisa McDonald
New material developed for photocatalysis
According to a University of Connecticut press release, researchers believe they have developed a new material that could be used…
Read MoreMars cleaning tech offers method to sweep dust off Earth’s solar panels
PV panels on the Mars rover Spirit were covered with dust over a two-year period. Self-cleaning surfaces aren’t a particularly…
Read MoreRare earths: Growing demand and tight supplies
It’s far from a disinterested source, but Avalon Rare Metals tells me today that prices for individual rare earth elements…
Read MoreActive oxidation catalyst for Li–air batteries
Lithium batteries that utilize oxygen as the cathode material are very promising owing to their extremely high theoretical capacity of…
Read MoreNanowires boost the efficiency of ultra low-cost, stable solar cells
One of the ways of ensuring a sustainable solar cell industry is to make cheap and stable cells, using abundant…
Read MoreFlexible cellulose aerogel to overcome brittleness
PopSci recently reported that a team of researchers have created a new cellulose aerogel. The researched was published in Nature…
Read MoreElectron irradiation to minimize loops in graphene
According to a press release, researchers at Oak Ridge National Lab have discovered how loops develop in graphene, an electrically…
Read MoreWith leap in catalytic oxygen production, Nocera predicts new era of ‘personalized energy systems’
Daniel Nocera likes it when he is called a revolutionary. “Yes, sure I am!,” he responded when a writer from…
Read MoreUV coating that makes transparent architectural glass less lethal to birds gets Red Dot award
We’ve all heard that “out of nowhere” whack on home or office windows and later found the carcass of some…
Read MoreMaterials stories that missed the cut this week
At the end of each week, I end up with a list of a bunch of stories I started to…
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